Monster

I didn't want to hurt anyone,
when I split the first atom.
I didn't know the power of the weapon I had made.
I have since seen the ruins of Hiroshima,
and the family portraits burnt on stone.
I have seen families destroyed by death—
I have seen the ashes that were life.
I saw the devil at Bikini Atoll and at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
I see him know; smirk on his lips
staring at me from the mirror.
I have created a monster-
I am Victor Frankenstein;
I will soon meet his fate.
I see the world ending in a flash of light and a cloud of dust.
I have been afraid before but never like this.
I am the monster.
I have killed thousands with my ignorance,
even more with my brilliance.
I have become death, the destroyer of worlds.